Preview 2024 National Draft Preview Thread

[Hojuman]

I suspect you don't know what a priority pick is.

None of the North players you listed were priority picks.
The closest is Duursma, who was acquired as a compo pick for Mackay (pick 3 pushed out to 4).
All the others were from finishing way down on the ladder (and 1 of Wardlaw/Sheezel from a pick trade involving JHF).

Sydney, GC, GWS and to a lesser extent Brisbane have been gifted star draftees on the cheap thanks to the AFL's desire to artificially maneuver/keep the non-football states at the top end of the ladder.

The one bit of priority you did get, was the 2 second rounders that you were compelled to trade away (Fisher and Stephens, I think).

Sorry for the intrusion, but this is my hobby horse. I hate that the game has been stuffed by the AFL's draft tampering (and de-regulation of player movement). It sucks and is getting worse. The fact that so many idiots (including a bunch on our Hawks board) were up in arms about the pissy compo North got, is depressing. People are genuinely stupid.

Sarcasm not lost on you.

 

[2OLD 2SLOW]

It was very much dripping in sarcasm with the face with rolling eyes emoji in the post, referencing how opposition supporters think we were given these players as assistance. The clickbait headlines are mostly to blame.

Ah. My bad.
I am not emoji literate, unfortunately.
Can read the wink emoji and the turd emoji, and that's about it.

 

[krakouers]

Ah. My bad.
I am not emoji literate, unfortunately.
Can read the wink emoji and the turd emoji, and that's about it.

Again, I bring in we should have a sarcastic emoji to remove misinterpretations such as these

 

[Shermanator]

I dunno, im no draft guru. I just really like what I see. Been looking at the drafts since we’ve been shit but never really had a huge interest in it before that. Just the top picks. This Gerreyn kid is something else.

All the rage is small forwards, but if you have a 200cm brick shit house in that 50 with vice like hands and can kick the leather off it with accuracy.. thats an impressive unit.

This comes from very good mail Duck, KG’s life plan is a long AFL career, so he definitely wont be leaving any stone unturned in his pursuit of success.

Pretty much every club has spoken to him too.

 

[DuckYeah]

This comes from very good mail Duck, KG’s life plan is a long AFL career, so he definitely wont be leaving any stone unturned in his pursuit of success.

Pretty much every club has spoken to him too.

Would love him at North, would be stoked

 

[Shermanator]

Would love him at North, would be stoked

Me too mate he comes from a top shelf family. Absolute quality people.

 

[Samsquanch]

I'm pretty sure Hojuman is a little smarter than that. Pretty much on the money there i think Merlin.

Hmmmmm. I'm not so sure.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Early crow. Willem top 3

I don’t know what the fuss is about with young Willem. Needs to find a position and needs to go harder in the contest.

I’ll back Louie Emmett or Cooper Duff-Tyler to be ahead of Willem this time next year.

Sharp will be 1 though. You can take that to the bank.

 

[chubbspeterson]

I dunno, im no draft guru. I just really like what I see. Been looking at the drafts since we’ve been shit but never really had a huge interest in it before that. Just the top picks. This Gerreyn kid is something else.

All the rage is small forwards, but if you have a 200cm brick shit house in that 50 with vice like hands and can kick the leather off it with accuracy.. thats an impressive unit.

I'm all aboard the G-Train.

 

[the big lebowski]

I'm all aboard the G-Train.

Yeah but what’s the G’s spot?

 

[chubbspeterson]

Yeah but what’s the G’s spot?

It's a myth (jokes). No idea where he'll get taken in terms of the draft.
ESPN has him at 17 from memory. Twomey has him outside 40 so no real consensus.
You'd think Freo at 16, WCE at 23 (if they don't have to give that up for Baker), Freo at 27, NM at 40 would be unreal.
Saints (24), Essendon (28), Hawks (30), Pies (33), Cats (35), Demons (38), Tigers (39).
Other than that the other teams around that have key forwards so it'll be very interesting to see when Gerreyn is picked.
Really hard to know because some other teams might have different priorities in the 20-40 range.

 

[The Talent Scout]

Happy to trade with anyone provided the 2 selections they send allow us to select 2 of the 3 I mentioned

Its going to be so intriguing this draft, I'll be quite shocked if we pick two small forwards with our first two picks, I totally get what your saying and in a way I agree, but a key forward with our first pick if we can split it in my opinion is a must in this draft, and our second pick then be used on Berry, Hotton, Reid or Hannaford. Just in case someone wonders why those four players, this is why;
Berry: Quite simply, one of the two best kicks in the draft, add that Alastair loves guys that can use the footy in that way + he's a real old fashioned rover, can go in the middle and knows how to kick a goal, what is there not to like?
Hotton: The "X factor", gee whiz what would he have gone had he not had an injury before the champs? What if he took the championships by the scruff of the neck and said, "This is what I can do, at the national draft, pass on me at your own peril"!
Reid: Smart, clever and quick thinking are what I would use to describe Murphy, he's not fast but he's not slow, like the other two, knows where the goals are and can play further up the ground.
Hannaford: "The surprise packet", his ferocity at the contest would please recruiters as well as his ability to kick goals from anywhere, real little dynamo and is sprinting up the draft board quicker than "Black Caviar", like all of the boys has some things to work on but a real little pest who will create problems for opposition defenders that's for sure.

 

[Merlin007]

Very impressive. Can build the club around Sheez and Draper. Leader.

Indeed, speaks well, eh. School captain material

 

[pupstar]

Its going to be so intriguing this draft, I'll be quite shocked if we pick two small forwards with our first two picks, I totally get what your saying and in a way I agree, but a key forward with our first pick if we can split it in my opinion is a must in this draft, and our second pick then be used on Berry, Hotton, Reid or Hannaford. Just in case someone wonders why those four players, this is why;
Berry: Quite simply, one of the two best kicks in the draft, add that Alastair loves guys that can use the footy in that way + he's a real old fashioned rover, can go in the middle and knows how to kick a goal, what is there not to like?
Hotton: The "X factor", gee whiz what would he have gone had he not had an injury before the champs? What if he took the championships by the scruff of the neck and said, "This is what I can do, at the national draft, pass on me at your own peril"!
Reid: Smart, clever and quick thinking are what I would use to describe Murphy, he's not fast but he's not slow, like the other two, knows where the goals are and can play further up the ground.
Hannaford: "The surprise packet", his ferocity at the contest would please recruiters as well as his ability to kick goals from anywhere, real little dynamo and is sprinting up the draft board quicker than "Black Caviar", like all of the boys has some things to work on but a real little pest who will create problems for opposition defenders that's for sure.

Yeah there is no doubt if we are able to split our 1st we will be drafting a tall and a small forward with those picks.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Its going to be so intriguing this draft, I'll be quite shocked if we pick two small forwards with our first two picks, I totally get what your saying and in a way I agree, but a key forward with our first pick if we can split it in my opinion is a must in this draft, and our second pick then be used on Berry, Hotton, Reid or Hannaford. Just in case someone wonders why those four players, this is why;
Berry: Quite simply, one of the two best kicks in the draft, add that Alastair loves guys that can use the footy in that way + he's a real old fashioned rover, can go in the middle and knows how to kick a goal, what is there not to like?
Hotton: The "X factor", gee whiz what would he have gone had he not had an injury before the champs? What if he took the championships by the scruff of the neck and said, "This is what I can do, at the national draft, pass on me at your own peril"!
Reid: Smart, clever and quick thinking are what I would use to describe Murphy, he's not fast but he's not slow, like the other two, knows where the goals are and can play further up the ground.
Hannaford: "The surprise packet", his ferocity at the contest would please recruiters as well as his ability to kick goals from anywhere, real little dynamo and is sprinting up the draft board quicker than "Black Caviar", like all of the boys has some things to work on but a real little pest who will create problems for opposition defenders that's for sure.

Yep it's going to be a fascinating trade week. Do we pull the trigger on sliding back from pick 2 or trading our F1 then or wait until draft night? West Coast kinda made the call in trade week which conditioned the fans.
Is that the right thing to do when we don't exactly know who Tigers will pick so we might wait until draft night.
Could there be extra leverage from the offers from other teams if somebody is on the board at 2 they really want?

We might not be able to get Hannaford or Berry if we can't get another teens pick from 2, 22 & F2 or our F1.
Perhaps that's why we're considering sliding from 2 or putting the F1 on the table because our 2nd rounder would be so far back at around 24/25 after compo picks for Battle, Perryman and Cumming potentially either after their 1st or end of 1st.
I'd be targeting GC pick 26 with our F2 if we don't move our F1 and we can't get into the teens.

 

[ferball]

Me too mate he comes from a top shelf family. Absolute quality people.

Every time you say something like that the player shows something. Get him in Brawling.

 

[The Talent Scout]

Yep it's going to be a fascinating trade week. Do we pull the trigger on sliding back from pick 2 or trading our F1 then or wait until draft night? West Coast kinda made the call in trade week which conditioned the fans.
Is that the right thing to do when we don't exactly know who Tigers will pick so we might wait until draft night.
Could there be extra leverage from the offers from other teams if somebody is on the board at 2 they really want?

We might not be able to get Hannaford or Berry if we can't get another teens pick from 2, 22 & F2 or our F1.
Perhaps that's why we're considering sliding from 2 or putting the F1 on the table because our 2nd rounder would be so far back at around 24/25 after compo picks for Battle, Perryman and Cumming potentially either after their 1st or end of 1st.
I'd be targeting GC pick 26 with our F2 if we don't move our F1 and we can't get into the teens.

I've got a feeling that if Dan does select Carlton that our future first could still be used for this draft whether we can split or not, we can if we're able, with the players in this draft to GET EVERYBODY WE WANT, its like people don't care or are too set in their ways, trust me folks, if ever there was a draft to fast forward our rebuild, this is it! By the way, for people who talk about next years draft I'm well aware who's in it and that is another reason to do it, I always look one to two drafts ahead to see what's the talent like and should we actually do it?

For a long time {maybe apart from Harley, I was for it if we wanted to give up the draft capital required to get him but also wanted Colby and the Whiz, but I knew we were going to pick Zane, we had to} I have said to people "no", don't split, don't trade, this is the first time in a long time where it makes perfect sense to split and the quality of players we would be getting , talent wise is extremely high, and spread out into positions we are craving for, its a win/win situation. Worst case scenario is we trade in a future second rounder so there's plenty of ways we can go, keep your eyes on the trade period because that just might be a clue.

While I think we'll go a key forward then a small forward, the only spanner in the works in my opinion is one player, that player while quite raw is dripping with potential and that "spanner" is Alix Tauru, "the flying Viking" or as I call him "the cool swede", and no he doesn't play tennis.

 

[Blightys Barrel]

For anyone who is keen on trading our F1. Best to watch the u17 futures game to get an idea on what you might be missing out on. Some names that are high on my list include: Louis Emmett, Archie Ludowyke, Fred Rodrieguez, Dyson Sharp, Felix Kneipp, Cooper Duff-Tyrtler, Riley Onley and Tarion Ah-Mu.

Looking likely that next year is shaping up as a bumper draft class too.

TEAM HEPPELL​

#	NAME	STATE	STATE LEAGUE CLUB	COMMUNITY CLUB
1	Thomas Burton	VIC M	Western Jets	Point Cook
2	Charlie Banfield	WA	Claremont	Swanbourne
3	Harley Barker	SA	Sturt	Mt Barker
4	Luke Candy	SA	Glenelg	Brighton
5	Lachlan Carmichael	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	Mosman
6	Samuel Cumming	SA	North Adelaide	Wentworth
7	Willem Duursma	VIC C	Gippsland Power	Foster
8	Bailey-Dean Latanis	NSW/ACT	GWS Giants Academy	Ingleburn
9	Josh Lindsay	VIC C	Geelong Falcons	Newtown & Chilwell
10	Thomas McGuane	VIC M	Western Jets	Keilor
11	Dylan Patterson	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Palm Beach Currumbin
12	Kalen Russell	NT	NT Academy/Sturt	Darwin Buffaloes
13	Wes Walley	WA	Subiaco	Warwick Greenwood
14	Daniel Annable	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Redland-Victoria Point
15	Noah Chamberlain	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	East Sydney
16	Louis Emmett	VIC M	Oakleigh Chargers	Glen Iris
17	Oliver Greeves	VIC M	Eastern Ranges	Vermont
18	Matthew LeRay	SA	Central District	Golden Grove
19	Archie Ludowyke	VIC M	Sandringham Dragons	East Sandringham
20	Fred Rodriguez	WA	South Fremantle	Fremantle City
21	Aidan Schubert	SA	Central District	Gawler Central
27	Cody Curtin	WA	Claremont	West Coast
28	Jasper Hay	TAS	Tasmania Devils	Clarence

TEAM SLOANE​

#	NAME	STATE	STATE LEAGUE CLUB	COMMUNITY CLUB
1	Zeke Uwland	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Burleigh
2	Jai Murray	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Broadbeach
3	Beau Addinsall	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Burleigh
4	Jack Dalton	VIC M	Sandringham Dragons	Camberwell
5	Raphael Geesu	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Redland-Victoria Point
6	Samuel Grlj	VIC M	Oakleigh Chargers	Old Camberwell
7	Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves	VIC C	Dandenong Stingrays	Mornington
8	Jack Ison	VIC M	Oakleigh Chargers	Parkside
9	Joshua Reichelt	SA	Central District	Nuriootpa
10	Dyson Sharp	SA	Central District	Barossa District
11	Toby Whan	WA	South Fremantle	Roleystone
12	Harrison Wilson	NSW/ACT	Murray Bushrangers	Lavington Panthers
13	Lucas Wootton	TAS	Tasmania Devils	Launceston
14	Felix Kneipp	VIC M	Calder Cannons	Fitzroy
15	Koby Evans	WA	Perth	Kenwick
16	Blake Kelly	WA	Swan Districts	Caversham
17	Taj Murray	NT	NT Academy North Adelaide	Nightcliff
18	Riley Onley	VIC C	Murray Bushrangers	Shepparton United
19	Ben Rongdit	VIC C	Geelong Falcons	Colac
27	Cooper Duff-Tytler	VIC M	Calder Cannons	Woodend-Hesket
28	Liam Hetherton	NSW/ACT	Murray Bushrangers	North Albury
29	Kalani White	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Broadbeach
30	Tairon Ah-Mu	VIC C	Dandenong Stingrays	Berwick

Dyson Sharp = As a bowling ball
Luke Candy = Candy can’t let you go

 

[chubbspeterson]

I've got a feeling that if Dan does select Carlton that our future first could still be used for this draft whether we can split or not, we can if we're able, with the players in this draft to GET EVERYBODY WE WANT, its like people don't care or are too set in their ways, trust me folks, if ever there was a draft to fast forward our rebuild, this is it! By the way, for people who talk about next years draft I'm well aware who's in it and that is another reason to do it, I always look one to two drafts ahead to see what's the talent like and should we actually do it?

For a long time {maybe apart from Harley, I was for it if we wanted to give up the draft capital required to get him but also wanted Colby and the Whiz, but I knew we were going to pick Zane, we had to} I have said to people "no", don't split, don't trade, this is the first time in a long time where it makes perfect sense to split and the quality of players we would be getting , talent wise is extremely high, and spread out into positions we are craving for, its a win/win situation. Worst case scenario is we trade in a future second rounder so there's plenty of ways we can go, keep your eyes on the trade period because that just might be a clue.

While I think we'll go a key forward then a small forward, the only spanner in the works in my opinion is one player, that player while quite raw is dripping with potential and that "spanner" is Alix Tauru, "the flying Viking" or as I call him "the cool swede", and no he doesn't play tennis.

As you say we might pick up certain types in the trade period that may change our drafting needs so to speak or we get involved as a 3rd party with our F1 or F2 to get the picks we want this year.
Yes I'm very familiar with the cool swede. I wonder how much the talk we're keen on him is true, exciting prospect.

 

[Roos1991]

For anyone who is keen on trading our F1. Best to watch the u17 futures game to get an idea on what you might be missing out on. Some names that are high on my list include: Louis Emmett, Archie Ludowyke, Fred Rodrieguez, Dyson Sharp, Felix Kneipp, Cooper Duff-Tyrtler, Riley Onley and Tarion Ah-Mu.

Looking likely that next year is shaping up as a bumper draft class too.

TEAM HEPPELL​

#	NAME	STATE	STATE LEAGUE CLUB	COMMUNITY CLUB
1	Thomas Burton	VIC M	Western Jets	Point Cook
2	Charlie Banfield	WA	Claremont	Swanbourne
3	Harley Barker	SA	Sturt	Mt Barker
4	Luke Candy	SA	Glenelg	Brighton
5	Lachlan Carmichael	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	Mosman
6	Samuel Cumming	SA	North Adelaide	Wentworth
7	Willem Duursma	VIC C	Gippsland Power	Foster
8	Bailey-Dean Latanis	NSW/ACT	GWS Giants Academy	Ingleburn
9	Josh Lindsay	VIC C	Geelong Falcons	Newtown & Chilwell
10	Thomas McGuane	VIC M	Western Jets	Keilor
11	Dylan Patterson	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Palm Beach Currumbin
12	Kalen Russell	NT	NT Academy/Sturt	Darwin Buffaloes
13	Wes Walley	WA	Subiaco	Warwick Greenwood
14	Daniel Annable	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Redland-Victoria Point
15	Noah Chamberlain	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	East Sydney
16	Louis Emmett	VIC M	Oakleigh Chargers	Glen Iris
17	Oliver Greeves	VIC M	Eastern Ranges	Vermont
18	Matthew LeRay	SA	Central District	Golden Grove
19	Archie Ludowyke	VIC M	Sandringham Dragons	East Sandringham
20	Fred Rodriguez	WA	South Fremantle	Fremantle City
21	Aidan Schubert	SA	Central District	Gawler Central
27	Cody Curtin	WA	Claremont	West Coast
28	Jasper Hay	TAS	Tasmania Devils	Clarence

TEAM SLOANE​

#	NAME	STATE	STATE LEAGUE CLUB	COMMUNITY CLUB
1	Zeke Uwland	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Burleigh
2	Jai Murray	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Broadbeach
3	Beau Addinsall	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Burleigh
4	Jack Dalton	VIC M	Sandringham Dragons	Camberwell
5	Raphael Geesu	QLD	Brisbane Lions Academy	Redland-Victoria Point
6	Samuel Grlj	VIC M	Oakleigh Chargers	Old Camberwell
7	Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves	VIC C	Dandenong Stingrays	Mornington
8	Jack Ison	VIC M	Oakleigh Chargers	Parkside
9	Joshua Reichelt	SA	Central District	Nuriootpa
10	Dyson Sharp	SA	Central District	Barossa District
11	Toby Whan	WA	South Fremantle	Roleystone
12	Harrison Wilson	NSW/ACT	Murray Bushrangers	Lavington Panthers
13	Lucas Wootton	TAS	Tasmania Devils	Launceston
14	Felix Kneipp	VIC M	Calder Cannons	Fitzroy
15	Koby Evans	WA	Perth	Kenwick
16	Blake Kelly	WA	Swan Districts	Caversham
17	Taj Murray	NT	NT Academy North Adelaide	Nightcliff
18	Riley Onley	VIC C	Murray Bushrangers	Shepparton United
19	Ben Rongdit	VIC C	Geelong Falcons	Colac
27	Cooper Duff-Tytler	VIC M	Calder Cannons	Woodend-Hesket
28	Liam Hetherton	NSW/ACT	Murray Bushrangers	North Albury
29	Kalani White	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Broadbeach
30	Tairon Ah-Mu	VIC C	Dandenong Stingrays	Berwick

Massively against us trading out of the first round of next year's draft.

 

[krakouers]

Yeah but what’s the G’s spot?

When a mummy and daddy, like, tolerate, or have a little too much to drink…

 

[the big lebowski]

When a mummy and daddy, like, tolerate, or have a little too much to drink…

……… go on …………

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Massively against us trading out of the first round of next year's draft.

That makes two of us. I think next years draft class is on par with this years at the same stage, particularly with the talls.

 

[Passmore]

Do all the "outside" get picked on Team Heppell?

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[KingNorth23]

If we can get Armstrong at 7 and Berry at that 13 I reckon we skip the pick two as I wouldn’t mind skipping a Luke Trainior. Plus people think we should not go for a midfield, of course we should. A Harvey Langford would be beautiful.